Estimating economies of scope and scale under price risk and risk aversion

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-201

  Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O ^a   Langemeier, Michael R ^b   Featherstone, Allen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33644854312     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500367716     Document Type: Article

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